It is almost 3 years ago AssistMyTeam was conceived and founded and it has come a long way since. The journey and experience has been worthwhile in-spite of all the challenges, stumbling blocks and failures that are associated with a start-up. Today, I am proud to say, it is a pioneer in providing IT business and CRM solutions on three of Microsoft Core platforms – Microsoft Office, Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SharePoint. Our clienteles include some big names in the fortune 500 companies such as Microsoft Corporation, Samsung, Goodrich, Cybercom, Fujitsu, Capital Finance Company etc. (see the complete list). This is a testimony to the high quality standards we have set in all our products and solutions. Reliable, highly scalable and cost effective solutions are what drives our applications in helping businesses and teams become more information-driven, even more dynamic.

Our foremost task at this point is to make all our products compatible with the new Microsoft Office 2013. With every new Office release, there are changes in workflows and user interface and this is where the time consuming tasks are. We have to make a middle path where the new features in the new Office version is supported without breaking the existing compatibility with older versions of Office. Because quite often many IT departments feel comfortable with their existing versions of Office and seldom rush to adopt new versions. Another challenge we are tackling currently is supporting both 32 bit and 64 bit native versions of Microsoft Office applications. The queries and pressure from prospective and existing users for 64 bit compatibility has lead us to prioritize our short term goals and push back new product development and release. Moreover, who would want to lose a half of Office 64 bit users!

I am very excited about 2013 as what we design and build these moments will steer the direction of AssistMyTeam for the next 5 years – which is exploiting the cloud computing services that Microsoft is focusing on for their office applications. Microsoft Office 365 Exchange and SharePoint Online are such offerings and we have seen in the last year alone, one-third of our clienteles were already using these cloud based services. So, we had been investing heavily in term of funds and development to support Office 365 on all our products. And we are glad that we made the right move.

I also want to reflect on our commitment for giving back to the community. But before that, let me emphasis on an old saying – success is just not merely a reward, rather it is a responsibility. I believe any business, no matter how small or big, can give back to improve the lives of others. And I truly value the exposure and goodwill generated by such acts of kindness. Since its founding, I offer free licenses to use my products to educational institutions and universities around the world. And that tradition is still continued today and I am happy that more than 80 institutions and renowned universities have implemented one or more of my products and solutions in their workstations and departments. Notable among them are in the top ten world ranking including University of Cambridge, University College London (UCL), University of Oxford, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Columbia University, Stanford University, Australian National University, Canberra. (see the complete list)

So, if you represent an educational institution/university/non-profit organization and would like to use one or more of my software solutions, don’t miss this opportunity. Simply write to us (or refer to this page) to participate in our academic license programs.

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Bahrur Rahman is Founder of AssistMyTeam, a technology venture that helps small and medium businesses attain efficiency and reap maximum benefits and value out of their investment in Microsoft. bahrurBlog provides an insight into his strategy, vision for AssistMyTeam as well as general tips and solutions to overcome the challenges and pitfalls SMB experienced when integrating business processes with Microsoft ecosystems - Office, Exchange and SharePoint.